diff --git a/Lib/test/test_asynchat.py b/Lib/test/test_asynchat.py
index 5fcc5290c1a..c97978ed45b 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_asynchat.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_asynchat.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import thread # If this fails, we can't test this module
 import asyncore, asynchat, socket, threading, time
 import unittest
+import sys
 from test import test_support
 
 HOST = "127.0.0.1"
@@ -58,7 +59,12 @@ class echo_client(asynchat.async_chat):
 
     def handle_connect(self):
         pass
-        ##print "Connected"
+
+    if sys.platform == 'darwin':
+        # select.poll returns a select.POLLHUP at the end of the tests
+        # on darwin, so just ignore it
+        def handle_expt(self):
+            pass
 
     def collect_incoming_data(self, data):
         self.buffer += data
@@ -87,7 +93,7 @@ class TestAsynchat(unittest.TestCase):
         c.push("world%s" % term)
         c.push("I'm not dead yet!%s" % term)
         c.push(SERVER_QUIT)
-        asyncore.loop(use_poll=self.usepoll)#, count=5, timeout=5)
+        asyncore.loop(use_poll=self.usepoll, count=300, timeout=.01)
         s.join()
 
         self.assertEqual(c.contents, ["hello world", "I'm not dead yet!"])
@@ -120,7 +126,7 @@ class TestAsynchat(unittest.TestCase):
         data = "hello world, I'm not dead yet!\n"
         c.push(data)
         c.push(SERVER_QUIT)
-        asyncore.loop(use_poll=self.usepoll)#, count=5, timeout=5)
+        asyncore.loop(use_poll=self.usepoll, count=300, timeout=.01)
         s.join()
 
         self.assertEqual(c.contents, [data[:termlen]])
@@ -143,7 +149,7 @@ class TestAsynchat(unittest.TestCase):
         data = "hello world, I'm not dead yet!\n"
         c.push(data)
         c.push(SERVER_QUIT)
-        asyncore.loop(use_poll=self.usepoll)#, count=5, timeout=5)
+        asyncore.loop(use_poll=self.usepoll, count=300, timeout=.01)
         s.join()
 
         self.assertEqual(c.contents, [])
@@ -157,7 +163,7 @@ class TestAsynchat(unittest.TestCase):
         data = "hello world\nI'm not dead yet!\n"
         p = asynchat.simple_producer(data+SERVER_QUIT, buffer_size=8)
         c.push_with_producer(p)
-        asyncore.loop(use_poll=self.usepoll)#, count=5, timeout=5)
+        asyncore.loop(use_poll=self.usepoll, count=300, timeout=.01)
         s.join()
 
         self.assertEqual(c.contents, ["hello world", "I'm not dead yet!"])
@@ -169,7 +175,7 @@ class TestAsynchat(unittest.TestCase):
         c = echo_client('\n')
         data = "hello world\nI'm not dead yet!\n"
         c.push_with_producer(data+SERVER_QUIT)
-        asyncore.loop(use_poll=self.usepoll)#, count=5, timeout=5)
+        asyncore.loop(use_poll=self.usepoll, count=300, timeout=.01)
         s.join()
 
         self.assertEqual(c.contents, ["hello world", "I'm not dead yet!"])
@@ -182,7 +188,7 @@ class TestAsynchat(unittest.TestCase):
         c = echo_client('\n')
         c.push("hello world\n\nI'm not dead yet!\n")
         c.push(SERVER_QUIT)
-        asyncore.loop(use_poll=self.usepoll)
+        asyncore.loop(use_poll=self.usepoll, count=300, timeout=.01)
         s.join()
 
         self.assertEqual(c.contents, ["hello world", "", "I'm not dead yet!"])
@@ -195,7 +201,7 @@ class TestAsynchat(unittest.TestCase):
         c.push("hello world\nI'm not dead yet!\n")
         c.push(SERVER_QUIT)
         c.close_when_done()
-        asyncore.loop(use_poll=self.usepoll)#, count=5, timeout=5)
+        asyncore.loop(use_poll=self.usepoll, count=300, timeout=.01)
         s.join()
 
         self.assertEqual(c.contents, [])